Hydrocarbons Question 4
Question 4 - 25 January - Shift 1
The compound which will have the lowest rate towards nucleophilic aromatic substitution on treatment with $OH^{-}$is
(1)
(3)
(2)
(4)
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Answer: (4)
Solution:
Electron withdrawing groups are highly ineffective at meta position in nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions.
Hence compound
rate in nucleophilic aromatic substitution.
